Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on April - 15.   

1220  Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1415  On April - 15 death of manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian   

1472  Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68 on April - 15.   

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.   

1605  On April - 15 boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies   

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on April - 15.   

1610  Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

1621  On April - 15 death of john Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony   

1632  Death of George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) on April - 15.   

1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history death of patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church   

1659  On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies   

1719  On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76   

1754  On this day in history death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)   

1756  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29   

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on this day in history.   

1764  Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies on April - 15.   

1765  On this day in history michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53   

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on April - 15.   

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on April - 15.   

1804  On April - 15 death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)   

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on April - 15.   

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on April - 15.   

1853  On this day in history johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67   

1854  On April - 15 death of arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773)   

1863  On this day in history jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90   

1866  On April - 15 william Jackson, composer, dies at 51   

1888  Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49   

1898  On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader   

1911  Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies on this day in history.   

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on this day in history.   

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.   

1469  On April - 15 birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs   

1489  On April - 15 birth of sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588)   

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1588  Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist was born on this day in history.   

1637  Valentin Molitor, composer was born on April - 15.   

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)   

1646  On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)